In my last post, I forgot to mention that Dollywood hosts were invited to preview the new Christmas shows at the dress rehearsals on Friday. Ron worked in the office all day, and I went to the hospital with Peggy to see Gary, but we went to Dollywood that evening. We got there just in time to see the last show, an Ice Show, and it was terrific! It’s no surprise that Dollywood’s shows win awards year after year! Rodney and JoAnn (neighbors across from us) were there, too, and told us we had missed out on a lot of yummy treats that Dollywood gave to all the hosts. Rodney and Ron had also worked together several days in the campground office. Since this was our last chance to spend time with them before they left in a few days, we all went to Cracker Barrel afterward.
Ron worked in the office all weekend, and I worked at Dollywood. The Smoky Mountain Christmas Celebration brought in a lot of people, so the Sweet Shoppe stayed pretty busy.
Ron worked for Peggy again on Monday, so I took his lunch to the office and ate with him. We had expected Gary to be in the hospital longer, but he got to come home Monday evening! Ron picked up pizzas for all of us and we went to their place for a little while, but didn’t stay long.
Tuesday morning, we followed Laura and Peter to Maryville to meet at Shirley and Richard’s house (all but Peter work at the Sweet Shoppe). They had invited all of us to go with them to the Cumberland County Playhouse in Crossville to see ‘Fiddler on the Roof’. We left our truck at the house and rode with Richard and Shirley to Crossville. Peter and Laura drove their car so they could pick up her sister and her fiancé on the way. It was an excellent production and we will definitely want to go back again sometime! After the play, we were all supposed to go back to Shirley and Richard’s house to eat, but Laura and Peter’s plans changed when her sister wanted to go to the play with them. They all went out to eat and Ron and I went back to Shirley and Richard’s house for margaritas and burgers. We were all disappointed that Laura and Peter couldn’t join us, but we still had a really nice time without them.
Peggy and I went to find yarn for the scarf she is making for me. Later we went for hamburger night (40% off) at the brewery. LOVE their burgers! We finished the evening watching the CMA Awards at our place, while Peggy and I had fun critiquing the gowns. We thought a couple of them were really awful!
I had a meeting from 12:00 – 1:00 to meet my new team lead on Thursday, so Ron, Peggy and Gary met me there afterward and we spend the rest of the day on park. We went to see the Ice Show again and saw a couple other shows, too. All were really good. We had BOGO coupons for Aunt Granny’s restaurant, so we had a yummy buffet dinner there. We finished just in time to pick up tickets for next week’s Dixie Stampede Christmas Show and to watch Dollywood’s Christmas parade before we left the park.
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| Snowman and Reindeer apples in the Sweet Shoppe |
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Gary and Peggy on the train  |
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| Brrrr! Where did the warm weather go? |
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| The Sweet Shoppe |
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| Laura in the Christmas parade |
Friday night found us at the Smith Family’s Christmas dinner show. It’s a good show, but we were disappointed that it hadn’t changed much for Christmas. It was pretty much the same show as always with a few Christmas songs thrown in.
I’ve been battling bronchitis for the last week or two, so I broke down and went to see a doctor at an Urgent Care clinic this morning. I don’t know who was more surprised when the doctor came into the room….us or the doctor! It was the same doctor/surgeon that Ron had when he was in the hospital! He is also the same doctor that did our granddaughter’s appendectomy last summer! The nurse later told us that Dr. Rothwell owns the clinic, but seldom works there himself, because he is usually seeing patients at his office in the medical building or else he is in surgery. Two shots and 4 meds later and I’m starting to see some improvement! I didn’t go to work this afternoon, because Dr. Rothwell didn’t like the idea of me working in a heated store with the doors open all day and evening. It’s warm one minute and cold the next. He said I should be much better tomorrow and can use my own judgment as to whether I should go back to work then. I really don’t feel that bad…just coughing and tired.
I’ve been battling bronchitis for the last week or two, so I broke down and went to see a doctor at an Urgent Care clinic this morning. I don’t know who was more surprised when the doctor came into the room….us or the doctor! It was the same doctor/surgeon that Ron had when he was in the hospital! He is also the same doctor that did our granddaughter’s appendectomy last summer! The nurse later told us that Dr. Rothwell owns the clinic, but seldom works there himself, because he is usually seeing patients at his office in the medical building or else he is in surgery. Two shots and 4 meds later and I’m starting to see some improvement! I didn’t go to work this afternoon, because Dr. Rothwell didn’t like the idea of me working in a heated store with the doors open all day and evening. It’s warm one minute and cold the next. He said I should be much better tomorrow and can use my own judgment as to whether I should go back to work then. I really don’t feel that bad…just coughing and tired.
Later, we went with Peg and Gary to meet Brenda and Larry for dinner. We hadn’t seen them in awhile because Brenda has been out of town quite a bit with her job. She’s going out of town again tomorrow and won’t be back until after we leave, so we were happy to have an opportunity to get together one more time!
I’ll probably go in to work tomorrow because I don’t feel good about staying home. I’ll just have to wear the ugly ‘granny sweater’ that came with my costume and do my best to stay away from the doors as much as possible.
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